In the wake of February’s horrifying massacre at Parkland’s Stoneman-Douglas High School, the president and his allies have been pushing heavily for teachers and school police officers to carry deadly weapons in order to deter school shooters.

Sean Simpson, a chemistry teacher at Stoneman-Douglas, volunteered to carry his gun with him at school to protect the children from any future shooters – but while that idea sounds simple on paper, Simpson can now tell you that in reality, it’s not such a great idea.

Thankfully, nobody was injured in this incident, but it certainly hits home how one simple mistake could lead to unnecessary death and violence – and why guns certainly don’t belong anywhere around curious children, who are extremely likely to accidentally hurt or kill themselves or those around them.

By any measure, the idea to give our underpaid and overworked educators dangerous weapons and trained to view the kids they’re supposed to be teaching as potential threats is utterly absurd and will result in nothing but more dead children.